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Canceling a defined sectioning window
Fig. 31
Sectioning modes
Fig. 32
Manual sectioning mode
Fig. 33
Start and stop motorized sectioning
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Fig. 34
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3
Fig. 35
HistoCore AUTOCUT
To cancel a defined sectioning window before the start, press the button
of setting sectioning window once. This sets the sectioning area to the
maximum size (corresponding to the entire sectioning area).
The microtome can be used both in manual and motorized operation.
You can choose between four settings:
ROCK
in manual mode as well as
and
CONT,
SINGLE
For selecting the mode, press the
the green LED of the desired operating mode is displayed.
For safety reasons, when the instrument is first switched on, none of the
operating modes is active.
• Select
ROCK
operating mode.
• Turn the handwheel a short distance forwards and backwards for
sectioning (rocking mode).
Each change in the sense of rotation will be electronically detected and
automatically converted into an advance or retraction movement of the
specimen.
In the manual sectioning mode, it is possible to use either the conventional
method of completing a full handwheel rotation or to work in the rocking
mode (ROCK).
• To start motorized sectioning, press the
(→ "Fig. 34")
simultaneously after selecting the desired operating mode.
• While the cutting motor is running, the yellow LED
RUN/STOP
button lights up.
2
• To stop motorized sectioning, press
(→ "Fig.
35-2").
If both the green and the yellow LEDs
are lit up, the cutting motor is still running; however it will stop in the next
upper end position of the vertical stroke.
in motorized mode.
STEP
CUT MODE
RUN/STOP
RUN/STOP
(→ "Fig. 35-3")
Operation
button on the control panel until
and
ENABLE
buttons
(→ "Fig. 34-1")
in the
(→ "Fig. 35-1")
or
ENABLE
in the
RUN/STOP
5
button
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